Posted on 09/26/2017 10:23:44 PM PDT by TigerClaws
The Patriots took different approaches as the National Anthem played on Sunday at Gillette Stadium. Many, including safety and captain Devin McCourty, took a knee. Others stood and linked arms.
A league source has told CSN's Gary Tanguay that every Patriots player will stand for the anthem prior to Sunday's game against the Carolina Panthers.
Patriots captain Devin McCourty explained that Saturday was an emotional day for him and his teammates as they tried to determine how best to react to Trump's comments, which referred to players kneeling during the anthem as "sons of bitches" who should lose their jobs.
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Matt Light: Better ways to protest than kneeling during national anthem McCourty explains what went into decision for Patriots to kneel during anthem Troy Brown and Dan Koppen react to Matt Light comments on protest "We were obviously very conflicted," he said. "We knew our message would be perceived by a lot of people in a way that wasn’t what we were trying to put out. A lot of guys felt, I mean, all over the place about the comments by the President Friday night. As a leader on the team, a lot of guys came to me and they didn’t know what to do. They just were kind of angry.
"It was good Saturday. We all kind of talked as a group of releasing that anger and not being angry. We were in chapel and a lot of guys talked about that in our faith, God is first. We wanted to come together."
Aside from a normal misstep here & there Trump has been outstanding. Absolute best vote I have cast since Ronald Reagan ! Love watching him troll these clowns.
i swear..CNN will have a collective nervous breakdown by the time this is all over...not kidding...they pull out every weapon they can. Don Lemon had some weird “linguistics” expert on tonight, trying to “study” what Trump “really means” with his “code” words.....lollllll.....poor homo is beside himself.
Lol...I seen that. Lemon is about out of his mind these days. Trump’s instincts are excellent.
just saw the LA TIMES op-ed for tomorrow..it was titled...”SIGH..BACK INTO THE TRUMP VORTEX AMERICA GOES..”.....ahahahahahahahahaha...too funny.
Indeed.
I can't wait for the State of the Union speech. Try to imagine the hysteria that will be on display (kneeling, booing, etc.) as the freaks implode with irrational hate for him.
Stocking up on popcorn.
Chrissy Collins cryin on SNF will be epic. Total pantywaist ! ...and her fag bro Boobie Costas ...
Schmuckie and Nanners can’t put down the crack pipe!
I’ve become so fond of him....the whole future of the West rides on his unlikely shoulders. So much has been exposed these past few years by him....the rot in the system. The liars in the GOPe....he’s blown apart the whole filthy edifice.
Thry were just having a collective tantrum like a bunch of 14 year olds because the POTUS called the owners out for tolerating bad behavior that goes against their own league rules.
In customer service they say “’A complaint is a gift” and Pres Trump gave them a yuge gift by voicing out loud what hundreds of millions of Americans really think of their antics.
just saw this on face book...everybody is organizing for the weekend of Veterans Day, which is on a Saturday this year...total boycott...sponsors...television...game attendance....bonfires for gear..gotta spread this around..this is gonna be YUGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE...!!!!!
UT OHHHHHHHHHHH...HERE IT COMES...STRAIGHT FROM THE NRA...ITS ON NOW BOYS!!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ-wNQIpP54
It is disturbing that players, management, and ownership pander to protestors. Perhaps this is the most disturbing part of the culture in the almost 3/4 black NFL and NBA. Throughout their sports careers, players have been bullied by this attitude from black supremacists. They've learned to ignore it, and it has led to enabling it when it got out of control.
Yeah, the kneelers and their enablers are out of control. And nobody in a position of authority except President Trump has the integrity to say anything.
one true way to stop them...shut that league down for good...i’m sure some one down the line will start another one, but this cesspool of criminals and arrogant scum needs to be dismantled.
I predict McCain wont be showing up
Good stuff:)
Our president calls it like he sees it...and he is in tune with a huge majority of Americans.
F*** Europeans, Canadians, and everyone else who can’t stand him. He is an American, a strong American, who won’t take cr*p from the rest of the world.
Look at how North Korea dialed it down.... President Trump is a leader.
And if I remember right, the two are listening to classic rock together and Doug is like, “You’re listening to white music with him? You can get that from me!”
And, of course, there is an episode where Arthur is literally trying to pay Deacon reparations. Deac says something like, “Arthur, we were freed over a hundred years ago. You and I are good!”
The jury is out on season two of Kevin Can Wait. I loved season one, but the way they wrote out his wife was pretty poor.
The problem here is not connecting the dots to the democrats who created a needed racial divisuon when Obama through the use of his office and the “Bully Pulpit” began creating “victims” out of blacks engaged in criminal activities who were not just resisting legal arrest but responding by attacking legal authority and endangering their lives .
Until this get exposed along with its political purposes the continung political discourse which has been exanded to include “white guilt” will continue.
When blame the cops for cold blooded killings was started by Obama it was through his abuse of the Bully Pulpit. It began with his comments during the Zimmerman trial. Those inspired in at least 10 deadly assaults ending in death of any non black who wandered near on in “hoods” controlled by members cf black ganags. One such noteable case is that of Christopher Lane an Australian visiting Duncan Oklahoma. (I think the figure is more like 20 racially inspired murders)
Obama was never held accountable for his inflamatory remarks. And because he wasn’t he contunued hammering away creating a wider racial division targeting police authority which resulted in cops being targeted and murdered in cold blood.
THIS IS NEVER BROUGHT OUT WHEN THE NFL ACTION GETS DISCUSSED...
And I have borderline NeverTrumper friends freaking out. “Why can’t he be presidential? The protests were dying down and he turbocharged them!”
In the words of the movie The Stoned Age, President Trump put out a tweet so we could find out who the faggots are. Worked. Smoked ‘em right out! ;)
Context of the Stoned Age comment. Not remotely safe for work!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiPmHwxK6u4
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